Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Active muffler for an exhaust system
    Patent number: 7533759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active muffler for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, having at least one antinoise generator for applying antinoise to the exhaust gas, whereby the antinoise generator has a diaphragm drive with which it is coupled via at least one coupling element in a thermally conducting and noise-reducing manner to an outside wall of the muffler, which is in contact with the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Krueger, Frank Castor
  • Support device for cutting templates
    Patent number: 7533554
    Abstract: The support device for cutting templates comprises a panel (2) with an essentially rectangular shape and presenting along the longitudinal sides respective raised rims (3) that serve as guides for sliding it into a cutting machine. The longitudinal rims (3) are fitted with an edge (4) that is folded towards the center of the panel (2), presenting the respective bevels (5) at the opposite ends in the corners. The panel (2) has a front rim (6) produced by folding the same panel (2) in a single piece and destined to function as the support device's handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Cortese S.p.A.
    Inventor: Carmelo Angelo Cortese
  • Carrying system for a respirator product
    Patent number: 7533914
    Abstract: A carrying system for a respirator product shall be improved such that it shall have a simple design, make it possible to protect the cylinder valves and receive additional weights in a simple manner. To accomplish the object, a bracket (1) is provided, which has a U-shaped protective strap (4) in the area of the cylinder valves (28) and has a mount (15, 16, 24, 25) for a balance weight (5), which can be pushed in between the pressurized gas cylinders (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Michael Rosert, Arnd Kausch, Dirk Feil
  • System and method for reducing NOx emissions in an apparatus having a diesel engine
    Patent number: 7533518
    Abstract: A method of operating a diesel engine in a mechanical apparatus is disclosed, wherein the diesel engine includes a combustion chamber, and wherein the mechanical apparatus also including a catalyst configured to treat NOx emissions from the diesel engine. The method includes performing at least one early homogenization combustion in the combustion chamber, determining a temperature of the catalyst, and if the temperature of the catalyst is equal to or below a preselected temperature threshold, then performing at least one late homogenization combustion or diffusion combustion in the combustion chamber to raise a temperature of exhaust provided to the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Kurtz, Daniel Roettger, Evangelos Karvounis
  • Corrective orthesis
    Patent number: 7534216
    Abstract: The Quengle cast (1) has an adjusting member for generating a Quengle force acting on the joint. The adjusting member is part of a correcting unit with a pressurized basic body. To generate a defined Quengle force, a pressure that can be preset by means of a control unit (5) can be set in the basic body, as a result of which the adjusting member can be deflected in relation to the basic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Inventor: Klaus-Jürgen Jacobs
  • Shift-lever device for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7533755
    Abstract: A shift-lever device of a vehicle is provided. The device includes a single shift lever provided so as to be pivotable, and a gate plate having a gate through which the shift lever is inserted up to a predetermined length to guide a shift operation thereof. The device is configured to be coupled with a single shift shaft of a gear transmission mechanism through a single push-pull cable so as to operate the shift shaft. The transmission is configured so that the shift shaft interlocks with a single shift fork to shift gears of the transmission. The gate has a shape such that the shift lever is movable more greatly at each of shift positions as much as a clearance between an outer casing and inner cable of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Fujimoto
  • System and method for reducing knock and preignition in an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7533651
    Abstract: A system for an engine of a vehicle, comprising of a combustion chamber located in the engine; a delivery system configured to deliver a fuel and a fluid to at least the combustion chamber in varying ratios, wherein the fluid includes at least an alcohol; wherein the delivery system includes at least a direct injector configured to inject at least the fluid directly into the combustion chamber; and a control system configured to advance the timing of the fluid delivered to the combustion chamber by the direct injector to reduce the likelihood of knock; and retard the timing of the fluid delivered to the combustion chamber by the direct injector to reduce the likelihood of preignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Gopichandra Surnilla
  • Engine expansion braking with adjustable valve timing
    Patent number: 7530343
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling operation of cylinder with at least an intake and exhaust valve and a piston are described. In one aspect, the method comprises maintaining at least one of the intake and exhaust valves in a closed position during a period. Further, closing the other of the intake and exhaust valves with the piston at a first position from, and then opening the other of the intake and exhaust valves at a second position of the piston closer to bottom center than said first position, during said period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Megli, Alex Gibson, John O. Michelini, Nate Trask, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Davor Hrovat
  • Approach for facilitating fuel evaporation in cylinder of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7530342
    Abstract: A method of operating an engine including at least one cylinder and a piston disposed within the cylinder, the method comprising during a first condition, injecting fuel into the cylinder and subsequently operating the piston to perform one compression stroke before combusting the injected fuel, and during a second condition, injecting fuel into the cylinder and subsequently operating the piston to perform at least two compression strokes before combusting the injected fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Andreas Schamel
  • Method of torque control for an engine with valves that may be deactivated
    Patent number: 7532972
    Abstract: A system for operating an internal combustion engine with electromechanical valves, the system comprising of a cylinder with at least an electromechanical intake valve and at least an mechanically actuated exhaust valve that can be controlled to adjust valve opening and closing events relative to a crankshaft location; and a controller to adjust said electromechanical valve timing and said mechanically actuated valve timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, John O. Michelini
  • Cardboard tool for opening glass ampoules
    Patent number: 7527183
    Abstract: The tool consists of a strip of cardboard (1A, 1B) with a hole (3) in an intermediate position and at least one weakening for a transverse fold (5) coinciding with said hole, so as to delimit two facing leaves (1A, 1B); the neck of the vial (F) is introduced into the hole (3) and the leaves (1A, 1B) are able to be arranged alongside the neck (C) of the vial and receive the action of the fingers (fT) in order to break said neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Project S.A.S. Di Massimo Menichelli & C.
    Inventor: Camilla Maffei
  • Emission control diagnostic system and method
    Patent number: 7526950
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing an emission control system of an internal combustion engine, comprising during degraded performance of the emission control system, dynamically identifying a relationship between a plurality of operating conditions of the emission control system; and correlating the relationship to a plurality of potential sources of degraded performance of the emission control system to identify at least one degraded source among the plurality of potential sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Emil G. Serban
  • Hybrid vehicle system having engine with variable valve operation
    Patent number: 7527028
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle, comprising of an internal combustion engine coupled in the vehicle, the engine having at least one cylinder with an intake and exhaust valve, where the opening and closing timing of the intake valve is adjustably retardable and the opening and closing timing of the exhaust valve is adjustably retardable, during engine operation, and an energy conversion device coupled in the vehicle capable of selectively supplying and absorbing torque during vehicle operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas G. Leone
  • Method and device for controlling a plurality of manipulators
    Patent number: 7525274
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a plurality of manipulators with a large number of control units associated with the manipulators in such a way that each control unit controls at least one manipulator, are characterized in that an operating device accesses several control units for controlling the manipulators. Thus, it is possible according to the invention to operate even very closely juxtaposed manipulators without any crossing and interlacing of the connecting channels between the operating devices and control units which would prevent a reliable association in operation. The invention also makes it possible for only one operator to operate cooperating robots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Arif Kazi, Jens Bunsendal, Gerhard Hietmann, Carsten Spieβ
  • Process and device for utilizing waste heat
    Patent number: 7523613
    Abstract: A process, device and system are provided for utilizing waste heat from a waste heat source, especially from an internal combustion engine, by a coolant being heated and by this heat being used to drive a turbine. The device utilizes waste heat with a waste heat source (10, 20) cooled by a coolant, with a turbine (11) and with an evaporating device (16) for the coolant. To increase the efficiency of such a process and such a device and system, and to reduce the design effort and the maintenance effort, the coolant is evaporated after it leaves the waste heat source (10, 20) and the evaporating means is provided after the waste heat source (10, 20) when viewed in the direction of flow of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Inventor: Ralf Richard Hildebrandt
  • Exhaust temperature sensor monitoring
    Patent number: 7523653
    Abstract: A system for diagnosing an exhaust temperature sensor in an engine exhaust, the exhaust further including an emission control device, the system comprising an exhaust temperature sensor disposed in the exhaust pathway for indicating temperature; an air/fuel ratio sensor having a heater, the air/fuel ratio sensor disposed in the exhaust pathway; and a control system, the control system enabling and disabling the air/fuel ratio sensor heater based on operating conditions, the controller further adjusting fuel injection to provide a desired air-fuel ratio based on feedback from the air/fuel ratio sensor when the heater is enabled, and determining degradation of the exhaust temperature sensor based on a signal from the air/fuel ratio sensor when the heater is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Gobal Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen B. Smith, Shane Elwart, Michael Igor Kluzner, Jason Aaron Lupescu
  • Energy absorbing seat anchor restraint system for child safety seats
    Patent number: 7520555
    Abstract: An energy-absorbing deformable structure to attach a child seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle is provided. The energy-absorbing deformable structure comprises a loop of metal rod including a base end configured to be coupled to the mounting portion of the vehicle, a distal end configured to be coupled to a child safety seat, and a plurality of sinuous deformable portions positioned intermediate to the base end and the distal end, wherein each of the sinuous deformable portions includes an inwardly extending portion that extends inward from a perimeter of the deformable structure to a substantially central interior region of the deformable structure; wherein the sinuous deformable portions of the deformable structure are configured to be deformed when the base end and distal end are pulled in tension, thereby absorbing energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Reddy Malapati, Chris O'Connor, Rodney Simon, Pardeep Kumar
  • Protected stabilizer link or tie rod and ball race protecting cap
    Patent number: 7520691
    Abstract: A stabilizer link or tie rod is provided with a ball and stud and with a housing with an outer surface and with an interior surface defining a ball cavity. The housing is connected with a link rod. A race insert is provided having a housing liner surface engaging the housing interior surface and an interior ball race surface in contact with the ball and a housing end portion defining a closure interface with the housing. A protective cap is provided with a barrier surface extending over the closure interface and over the housing outer surface. The cap has a retaining surface engaging each of the housing and the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Daniel Dearing, Michael Cole, Ryan McBroom
  • Brake disc guard for a motorcycle
    Patent number: D592108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: T.M. Designworks, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy McGarry
  • Brake disc guard for a motorcycle
    Patent number: D592559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: T.M. Designworks, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy McGarry